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May 26th, 2005 02:00
2nd hard drive performance problems.
Hello,
I recently installed a 2nd hard drive (western digital 160gb) to my Dimension 2400 computer. Everything seemed ok. The computer recognized it etc. The purpose of the 2nd drive was to hold music and photos for my wife's ipod. I installed itunes on the new drive and choose to save music on the new drive. Now when I play songs in iTunes, the music cuts in and out and has little distortions in it. I checked and all of my master/slave settings are correct, and I checked my bios and let it know there was a 2nd hard drive. It "skips" more when I am accessing the drive with other programs and when I am doing other work on the computer. Sooo basically I can't listen to music while I am doing anything else on the computer. Please let me know if I am doing everything correctly. P.S. I also tried partitioning the drive and that did not help.
I recently installed a 2nd hard drive (western digital 160gb) to my Dimension 2400 computer. Everything seemed ok. The computer recognized it etc. The purpose of the 2nd drive was to hold music and photos for my wife's ipod. I installed itunes on the new drive and choose to save music on the new drive. Now when I play songs in iTunes, the music cuts in and out and has little distortions in it. I checked and all of my master/slave settings are correct, and I checked my bios and let it know there was a 2nd hard drive. It "skips" more when I am accessing the drive with other programs and when I am doing other work on the computer. Sooo basically I can't listen to music while I am doing anything else on the computer. Please let me know if I am doing everything correctly. P.S. I also tried partitioning the drive and that did not help.
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Linux Guy
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May 26th, 2005 14:00
first hard drive. Try putting the second hard drive on the
same cable as the CD/DVD. That way it won't conflict with
the first hard drive.
The other alternative is to use Linux instead of Windows.
I do that and can listen to music and do other work even
when the second hard drive is on the same cable as the
firt hard drive.
wave_dave
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May 26th, 2005 15:00
iamnotacowboy
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May 26th, 2005 18:00
Thanks
iamnotacowboy
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May 26th, 2005 18:00
rlfrank
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May 26th, 2005 18:00
a while, but is the dvd/cd controller capable of the same speed as the
hard drive controller?
Linux Guy
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June 2nd, 2005 20:00
IDE cable as the DVD, working without any problems.
The suggestion to check the DMA/PIO to your 2nd hard drive
sounds like a good idea.